grant@clleth.UUCP (Grant Fengstad) (09/06/89)
I have probably what could be considered a basic question. I've been asked by a friend who is going to be administering a lab full of DECstation/VAXstation 3100's if it is possible to link the /etc/passwd files together so that in a network environment maintenance (ie: password changing, etc.) is easier. All machines are running off a DECstation 3100 which acts as the server. As I do not yet have that much experience in networking Unix I would appreciate any help in figuring this out. thanks -- Grant M. Fengstad "The ideas expressed are my own - not my employers" Sr. CSR, Systems Integration - ComputerLand (Canada) UUCP: !uunet!{ubc-cs|utai}!calgary!xenlink!clroslyn!clleth!grant "There's nothing worse than a confirmed fanatic"
frank@croton.dec.com (Frank Wortner) (09/07/89)
In article <126@clleth.UUCP>, grant@clleth.UUCP (Grant Fengstad) writes:
= I have probably what could be considered a basic question. I've been
= asked by a friend who is going to be administering a lab full of
= DECstation/VAXstation 3100's if it is possible to link the /etc/passwd
= files together so that in a network environment maintenance (ie:
= password changing, etc.) is easier.
That is exactly what Yellow Pages does. Look in the reference manual section 8
for ypsetup. If you have on-line manual pages, do a "man 8 ypsetup".
Regards,
Frank